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The surname Garrick

A place surname, carried by 3,040 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡæɹɪk/ 2 syllables Soundex G620 Also a first name

Garrick: #10,547 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Garrick #10,547, 3,040 people Garrick: #10,547 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Garrick #10,547, 3,040 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garrick is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

From Old English *Gārrīċ (from gār (“spear”) + rīċ), from Proto-Germanic *Gaizarīks. Doublet of Gaiseric.

Garrick is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,040 people named Garrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,561 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,776.

#10,547
rank among US surnames
3,040
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+9.5%
change since 2000 (was #10,595)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,539Brunet3,043101,461
#10,541Farren3,042101,494
#10,545Ayoub3,041101,528
#10,547Garrick3,040101,561
#10,548Wilkin3,039101,594
#10,552Basler3,038101,628
#10,553Hilty3,037101,661

Who is named Garrick

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

64% of people named Garrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 64%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garricks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • David Garrick
    British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)
  • Barbara Garrick
    American actress, born 1965
  • Richard Garrick
    American actor and director (1878-1962)

Notable Garricks come mostly from the United States (2) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garrick

Garrick has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

Questions

Where does the surname Garrick come from?
From Old English *Gārrīċ (from gār (“spear”) + rīċ), from Proto-Germanic *Gaizarīks. Doublet of Gaiseric.
How common is the surname Garrick?
3,040 people in the United States had the surname Garrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,561 Americans. It ranked 10,547th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garrick?
In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Garrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Garrick?
David Garrick, British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779), followed by Barbara Garrick.
Where is the surname Garrick most common?
Wikidata records people named Garrick in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Garrick?
Garrick is /ˈɡæɹɪk/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Garrick?
Garrick is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Garrick getting more or less common?
More common. 2,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,040 in 2010, up 9.5%.
Is Garrick also a first name?
Yes. Garrick is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.